Giving out my unlisted phone number

nwsflash · Dec 31, 2005, 11:52 AM

Your mobile number is your personal number and from what you have posted it sounds like you have been having a bad time lateley and I'm sorry to hear this.

You can be as mad as you want at this person because they are in the wrong for giving your number out if you requested them not too do this when you gave them your new number... If this is a friend of yours then I'm sorry because they have broken your trust by doing this, yes it looks like they have done this with no intention of making problems for you, but on the other hand what would have happened if they gave your number to the person that you had the problems with, or this other person did.

It may not be worth the loss of your friendship over this but I would get it off my chest so that they knew just how p****d I was at them.

CaptainForest · Jan 1, 2006, 12:28 AM

A no-mannered friend.

Your friend who gave out the number, had NO BUSINESS to do so. I mean, she knew why you changed your phone number. And so what she couldn

fredg · Jan 1, 2006, 06:12 AM

Hi,
I also have an unlisted phone number; have had for many, many years.
One of the problems is that when you first get it, others will give it out, not realizing what they are doing!
I sorry to hear that someone has already done this to you.
You can either change your phone number again, and don't give it to anyone, or; keep your number, and hope no one else tells anyone what it is.
No, it's not you. It's them! They should not have given out your phone number; unless it was an emergency, like a death!
Happy New Year!

bizygurl · Jan 1, 2006, 08:24 AM

I think that this person was defenitly in the wrong and had no right to do what they did. Did the friend no about the situation you were in previously. Even if they didn't that still doesn't give them the right to do that. They could have e-mailed you! Anyway sorry to hear about that. But people fail to realize that a unlisted number is unlistedfor a reason.

JoeCanada76 · Jan 1, 2006, 09:22 AM

I agree, it was wrong for them to give out your number, when you specifically asked for it not to be. Now you know that you can not really trust that person.

orange · Jan 1, 2006, 10:45 AM

Thanks everyone... I'm glad you agree! Yes this person knew my reason for having an unlisted number... Their argument is basically that the person they gave it to is "trustworthy". Grrrr. I feel like sending them my phone bill, haha. Seriously though it cost me almost 40 dollars to change the number.

A bit of a consolation for me though... The phone company said that rather than change the number again (which I had thought of) I can block 12 numbers for 2 bucks a month. So I think I'm going to do that.

And by the way I don't think I mentioned this, but this is a second phone line... My fianc? And I share another phone line, which will likely be the main phone number once we are married, and it's not unlisted. That creep who's been bothering me knew not to call our joint line because Alex is there. But other people can always get a hold of me at that number. So there's NO excuse for giving out my private number at all!

Anyways thanks so much... I'm glad I'm not overreacting.

bizygurl · Jan 1, 2006, 12:17 PM

No not at all, I don't think your over reacting, not in the least. It really peeves out when people take things upoun themselves and do whatever they want. It doesn't matter if this other person was so-called "trustworthy" your friend should have asked you first. What are people thinking sometimes?

nwsflash · Jan 1, 2006, 01:22 PM

Looks like everyone agree's that your friend should not have been giving out your unlisted number... At least you can bar numbers if you need too, but its ashame that its going to cost you $$$ if you need to.

I still think that it may not be worth losen your friendship over this, but hey its going to leave a massive trust issue between you and them.

orange · Jan 2, 2006, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by nwsflash

I still think that it may not be worth losen your friendship over this, but hey its going to leave a massive trust issue between you and them.

Actually the person who gave out my number was not strictly speaking a friend, but rather my "supervisor" at an organization I volunteer for. The volunteer work consists of accompanying a suicidal individual to the ER and staying with them, as a support, until they can be seen by a doctor. Because this work is of an emergency nature, I gave her the number so she could contact me quickly if I was needed. However, the person she gave the number to did NOT need me for the hospital and was unrelated to the organization. So it was totally uncalled for.

So that makes it even worse, since she's supposed to be at least somewhat "professional".

Giving out my unlisted phone number

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